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"Honestly, the X games wowed me less and less with each iteration, yet this one has become my second favorite right behind X-Tension."

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X3: Albion Prelude 3.0 - Shady Business update is Now Available! With the Shady Business Update X3: Albion Prelude receives three unique new plot lines, Linux/Steamplay support, and for the first time can be completely controlled with gamepads!.

NEW FEATURES:

Controller mode to play the X3 games on a big screen TV

The “Shady Business” plot

The “Corporation Troubles” plot

The “Breaking Grounds” plot

New ship, new sectors, new gamestarts and new generic missions

Largest X Universe so far

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X3: Albion Prelude is the latest game in the X3 space game series. TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD, THINK in a living and breathing universe. A new plot and many additions to the open free-form gameplay.

A Bridge Between the Old and New X Universe

X3: Albion Prelude plays in a time between the old and the new X Universe. It shows a universe in flux, and prepares players for things to come. The old X Universe is passing; a new X Universe is about to be created.

War!

The X universe is undergoing a period of massive change. What started as a conflict of interest between the Earth and the races of the X Universe has now escalated into a full scale war. Play a part in a war scenario bigger than anything the X Universe has ever seen before!

Corporations Compete for Control of the Future

With the war as a backdrop, corporations old and new are vying for power and are driving the X Universe in a new direction. A technological breakthrough will soon allow massive accelerators, forming highways in space and allowing the economy to expand on an unprecedented scale. Highways, a key feature of X: Rebirth, are not yet ready, but you can see them being built and participate in the power struggles around the construction of much larger self sustaining economies.

Key features:

A new plot throws you into the power struggle between corporations at a time of war.

New Stock Exchange feature allows advanced investment strategies

Improved graphics quality setting for high end machines

Improved UI introducing charts to visualize economic developments

Support for head tracking

Note: X3: Albion Prelude will not be compatible with save-games from X3: Terran Conflict.

Cammand a large trade empire with fleets of freighters at your disposal , Sit in your cozy little ship and play the stocks n shares , Plunder the shipping lanes and have every merchant fear your name , Own a vast manufacturing empire and countless factories , Take the skick of a starfighter and fly by the seat of your pants as you turn n burn around large capitol ships avoiding missile and battery fire , Train and elite squad to capure and board enemy ships for glory and profit ,Command your own epic fleets lay waist your enemies , Explore the universe flying a vast array of different ships or all the forementioned.

Forget the last installment (X:Rebirth). This is the absolute crown of the series.

Amazing depth, complexity, moddability and visuals, this Ship of the line of the X-series puts you in a truly captivating and immersive universe for you to explore. I've spent countless hours back before on non steam version with simply exploring systems as I searched for lucrative trade opportunities and keeping an eye out for hostile presence on the scanners, but if you want to do mission, bounty hunt, build or pirate, you have all the opportunities.

My favourite of the X series. The interface might be a bit intimidating first, but you can soon get used to it and it truly feels like a complex, scriptable ship computer, again adding a bit to the immersion and the tools it offers to the player in commands and mods are endless.